| Type of Metaphor | Rate (%) |
| taste → smell | 17.3% |
| taste → vision | 14.8% |
| vision → taste | 14.8% |
| taste → sound | 13.6% |
| touch → taste | 11.1% |
| touch → smell | 6.2% |
| smell → vision | 4.9% |
| vision → smell | 3.7% |
| taste → touch | 3.7% |
| smell → taste | 2.5% |
| smell → sound | 2.5% |
| sound → smell | 2.5% |
| smell → touch | 1.2% |
| sound → smell | 1.2% |
| Total | 100.0% |